# -jai
## Hungarian
### Etymology

-ja (possessive suffix) +‎ -i (possessive plural)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɒji]

### Suffix

-jai
* possessive suffix for multiple possessions:
** (with no noun for possessor) his, her, its ……-s (third-person singular; the pronoun ő (“s/he”) being optional for emphasis)
    pad (“bench”) → a padjai (“his/her/its benches”), az ő padjai (“his/her benches”)
    zokni (“socks”) → a zoknijai (“his/her/its socks”), az ő zoknijai (“his/her socks”)
** (with no noun for possessor, formal) your ……-s (second-person singular, grammatically resembling the third person sg.)
    pad (“bench”) → a padjai (“your [formal] benches”), az ön padjai, a maga padjai (“your [formal] benches”)
** construed with a noun or certain pronouns as the possessor: ……’s ……-s, ……-s of …… (third-person sg. or pl., depending on the noun or pronoun)
    az ember(nek a) padjai ― the person’s benches
    a gyerek(nek a) zoknijai ― the child’s socks
    az emberek(nek a) padjai ― the people’s benches
    a gyerekek(nek a) zoknijai ― the children’s socks
    az önök padjai, a maguk padjai ― your (plural, formal) benches
    azok(nak a) padjai ― the benches of those
    ki(k)nek a zoknijai? ― whose socks?

#### Usage notes

* (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -i is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-; final -e changes to -é-. The latter feature distinguishes it from the -i (adjective-forming suffix), which does not lengthen the preceding -a/-e.
    -ai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -jai is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
    -jei is added to some front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
** If the possessed noun is in the plural and the possessor is expressed in English with a possessive pronoun only (rather than a noun), e.g. “their toys” (as opposed to “the children’s toys”), the -ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik suffixes are required in Hungarian.

### See also

* Category:Hungarian noun forms
* Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

## Ye'kwana
### Alternative forms

* i- -jai (allomorph)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-haj]

### Suffix

-jai
* forms abilitative adverbs from transitive and intransitive verbs, with a meaning of ‘able to X’

#### Usage notes

This suffix can cause syllable reduction.
When this suffix is attached to intransitive verb stems, they do not bear person markers or the intransitive prefix w-. Consonant-initial stems experience palatalization of their initial consonants, and, if a stem begins with two consonants, this suffix takes the form of a circumfix i- -jai instead of its ordinary shape. However, when this suffix derives an adverb from a transitive verb, it carries a series I person marker referring to the object/patient of the verb.
Rather than the usual adverbial plural suffix -nñe, adverbs derived with this suffix take the nominal plural suffix -komo. They still take the usual adverbial negative suffix -'da, however.

#### Derived terms
### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-jai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 153–154, 199–200, 248–251